CVE-2017-17122: GNU Binutils

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The dump_relocs_in_section function in objdump.c in GNU Binutils 2.29.1 does not check for reloc count integer overflows, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation, or heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PE file.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.29.1 only

Published 2017-12-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.